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Darkness Within

October 7, 2014
By Jmcallister BRONZE, Cincinnati, Ohio
Jmcallister BRONZE, Cincinnati, Ohio
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I hate this
I can only siphon so much positivity
From the negative space the surrounds me
Sometimes I just can't help but feel this way
I strain harder and harder but eventually

I'm shredded and shaved

Away to nothing
Like the eraser on a pencil
Of a child who can't seem to do anything right
In this arena that advertises abuse
Sucide's propaganda litters the walls
Aiding my river of tears

The darkness consumes my mind
Locking my sights on this totem of hate
Piled high with strife
And topped with an aspiration of life

 

Shrouded in murderous intent
The footsteps just a shadow
As I follow the inner demons
I am but a void on the inside
A broken smile tainted with my own blood
Its my latest fashion statement

There will never be an end
A penetratable wall where my soul once was
What is one more risk to take?
Maybe I should take a chance
Stretch up high to grasp the little light left

It dances with my finger tips

 

I will fall
As deep as the dark will allow
I accept this fate with nowhere else to turn
Forever changed, forever chained
To the devil within my heart


The author's comments:

I wrote this piece during a rather dark time in my life where I felt overwhelmed by family issues and my own sadness. It is one of the ways I cope with things and get all of the pent up emotion out.


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